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Matinee Heroes

Matinee Heroes is a podcast dedicated to exploring hero cinema - from adventurers, heroes, and superheroes; from Jedi to buddy cops; from the Wild West, to the distant past, to futures both hopeful and dystopian, from ancient lands to the deepest reaches of outer space. In a time when we need heroes more than ever, Alan and Craig will try to understand just what makes our cinematic heroes tick, and how we can use that heroism in our everyday life.

tv & film film reviews

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53:24

Sinister

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/10/07

SINISTER Craig and Alan discuss horror with gore, the movie "Black Phone" and Alan's unashamed conflict of interest concerning the movie "Sinister" on this week's Matinee Villains!'' Next week, our first anthology movie in 350 episodes with "Creepshow"

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27:51

Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/09/30

KISS KISS BANG BANG Alan and Craig know it’s not Christmas without a Shane Black movie! The two talk buddy movies, snappy dialogue and the movie Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang! on this week's Matinee Heroes! Next week we start Matinee Villains month with a title that has as theme "Sinister"

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57:32

Boogie Nights

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/09/23

BOOGIE NIGHTS Alan and Craig discuss the mundanity of porn, how families are made, remembering the great Burt Reynolds and the movie "Boogie Nights" on this this week's Matinee Heroes! Next week it's an unsung gem "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang!"

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53:37

Tropic Thunder

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/09/16

TROPIC THUNDER Alan and Craig discuss black face, controversy and can agents be good people while celebrating Matinee Birthdays Month with the great comedy "Tropic Thunder" on this week's Matinee Heroes! Next week it's go big or go home with "Boogie Nights"

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38:41

The Sixth Sense

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/09/09

THE SIXTH SENSE Alan and Craig continue there trek through 1999 and discuss keeping spoilers secret, buying your own BS, and the movie "The Sixth Sense" on this week's Matinee Heroes! Next week we get controversial with "Tropic Thunder"

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35:55

The Equalizer

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/09/02

THE EQUALIZER Alan and Craig discuss "old man" action heroes, charming pigs, a review of The Equalizer 2 and the movie " The Equalizer " on this week's Matinee Heroes! Next week we see dead people with the movie "The Sixth Sense"

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01:00:11

Good Will Hunting

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/08/26

GOOD WILL HUNTING Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by a professor who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, the Professor makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from a therapist Craig and Alan discuss positive representations of therapy, going home, turning the big 5-0 and the

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45:52

Strange Brew

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/08/19

Craig and guest co-host Derek McCaw discuss the Hamlet influence, smart stupid movies, SCTV and the movie "Strange Brew" on this week's Matinee Heroes! Next week we celebrate Craig's 50th birthday with one of his favorites "Good Will Hunting"

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01:08:30

Wonder Boys

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/08/12

WONDER BOYS A professor, suffering from writer's block, tries to deal with the pressures of his complex love life and his troubled students' assorted problems. He finds release in his friendship with a lonely but gifted student, but the news of his lover's pregnancy further complicates his already difficult life. Craig and Alan talk about the burden of creativity, turning 54, Harrison Ford vs Tom Cruise and the movie “Wonder Boys” as we celebrate Alan’s Matinee Birthday! Show Notes 0:54 Craig and

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01:06:07

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/08/05

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT Ethan Hunt and the IMF team join forces with CIA assassin August Walker to prevent a disaster of epic proportions. A group of terrorists known as the Apostles plan to use three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia. When the weapons go missing, Ethan and his crew find themselves in a desperate race against time to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to

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52:50

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/07/29

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION With the IMF now disbanded and Ethan Hunt out in the cold, a new threat, called the Syndicate, soon emerges. The Syndicate is a network of highly skilled operatives who are dedicated to establishing a new world order via an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Faced with what may be the most impossible mission yet, Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with a disavowed British agent who may or may not be a member of this deadly rogue nation. Your mission, if

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01:12:58

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/07/22

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL Blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt and the entire IMF agency are disavowed by the U.S. government, while the president initiates the Ghost Protocol. Forced to go "off the grid" -- left without resources or backup -- Hunt must somehow clear the agency's name and prevent another attack. Complicating matters even more, Ethan must undertake the impossible mission with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose actual motives are suspect. Your

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01:08:16

SAG/AFTRA WGA Unity Episode: Norma Rae

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/07/15

NORMA RAE This week's scheduled episode has been interrupted with a special message from Craig and Alan as they try and explain the SAG-AFTRA WGA strike and why it's important to take a stand to help these important unions. Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, which assists all entertainment workers affected by the strike. On this special @sagaftra @WGAWest support episode, Alan and Craig go back into the Patreon archives to 2019 and discuss the lack of physical media, poor working

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51:32

Mission Impossible III

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/07/08

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt (Tom faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian , an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to listen to Craig and guest co-host Avish Parashar talk about if Tom Cruise is a box office draw,

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01:01:33

Mission Impossible

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/07/01

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE U.S. government operative Ethan Hunt and his mentor, Jim Phelps go on a covert assignment that takes a disastrous turn. Jim is killed, and Ethan becomes the prime murder suspect. Now a fugitive, Hunt recruits disavowed agents help him sneak into a heavily guarded CIA building to retrieve a confidential computer file that will prove his innocence. Your mission, if you chose to accept it, is to listen to Craig and Alan talk about Tom Cruise, 27 years of longevity, a great start to

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45:41

Pitch Black

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/06/24

PITCH BLACK Alan and Craig go back into the Patreon archives to 2019 and discuss bad guys who turn into less bad guys, Vin Diesel's acting and the strange science that abounds in "Pitch Black" on this week's Matinee Heroes! Next week we start a full month of Mission: Impossible movies going all the way back to the beginning with 1996's "Mission: Impossible"

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48:57

Avengers: Endgame

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/06/17

AVENGERS: ENDGAME Alan and Craig go back into the Patreon archives to 2019 and discuss the internet spoiling movies, what they thought of SPOILER REDACTED, how SPOILER REDACTED when SPOILER REDACTED and all the spoilers in this unredacted spoiler filled recap of "Avengers: Endgame" on this week's Matinee Heroes! Next week we start a full month of Mission: Impossible movies going all the way back to the beginning with 1996's "Mission: Impossible"

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01:38:16

The Abyss

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/06/10

THE ABYSS A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it. Craig, Alan and guest Mark Woodring (@VSMoviePodcast on twitter) talk about hard to find media, pushing your crew to the limit, leftist indoctrination of the rankest type and “The Abyss” on

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01:01:05

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/06/03

BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Bill Preston and Ted Logan are two totally excellent dudes facing one most heinous history exam. With the help of Rufus an ultra-cool messenger in a time traveling phone booth, the triumphant twosome bag a bevy of historical heavyweights like the Bodacious Philosopher So-crates, One Very Excellent Barbarian Genghis Khan, the Short Dead Dude Napoleon and Noah's Wife Joan of Arc to stage the most hysterical high school project ever. Craig, Alan and guest Meredith

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51:39

First Blood

Matinee Heroes ·

2023/05/27

FIRST BLOOD Vietnam veteran and drifter John J. Rambo wanders into a small Washington town in search of an old friend but is met with intolerance and brutality by the local sheriff. When the sheriff’s deputies rough up Rambo, he flashes back to his time as a prisoner of war and unleashes his fury on the officers. He narrowly escapes the manhunt, but it will take Rambo’s former commander to save the hunters from the hunted. Craig and guest cohost Brendan Agnew (@BLCAgnew on Twitter) talk about the

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